The weather may of been bad but that did not keep away 50 plus, true runners from competing in Franklin's first night run Moonlight Moonshine 10K & Half Pint Fun Run on July 6. This event was a benefit for Cowee School and efforts of preserving and reusing the historic school as a community and heritage center. Racers came from not just Macon County and western North Carolina but also from all over the southeast to get their shine on.

The overall winners of Moonlight Moonshine 10K received a free entry to the annual Conquer The Mountain Half Marathon on Nov. 2, a benefit for CareNet of Macon County.

This year's overall winners of Moonlight Moonshine 10K were Laura Brazaauskas, 26, with a time of 51:03 and Andrew Snow, 28, with 38:05.